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Series: Sad Sack Comics

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1949 - 1982

Detail

Publisher: Flag

Harvey Country:

United States Language: English Issues: #1 - #287 (290 Issues, 297 Printings)

Continued From: none

Continued In: Sad Sack Comics [1992 - 1994] by Lorne-Harvey Disclose

Tracking Notes: Disclose

Notes: Golden Age pre-Comics Code Authority; #1 (cover dated Sep. 1949) through #43 (Feb. 1955).
Golden Age post-Comics Code Authority from #44 (cover dated Mar. 1955, on sale Jan. 1, 1955).
Sad Sack art (Script, Pencils, Inks, Letters) by George Baker; #1 through #21 civilian issues.
Sad Sack art (Script, Pencils, Inks, Letters) by George Baker; #22 through #29 military issues.
George Baker's story art waned as Harvey Publications solicited artists to begin bulk of Sad Sack interior comic story art (see one panel each by five guest artists featured in #30 p.8).
Last interior Sad Sack comic art by George Baker printed in #34 (on sale March 1, 1954).
Paul McCarthy began early interior Sad Sack comic art, imitating George Baker's style but lengthening Baker's short Sad Sack pantomimes into full-feature comic stories that included dialogue balloons.
In late 1953, cartoonist Fred Rhoads began a trial period at Harvey Publications doing Sad Sack art* with his artwork first appearing in #31 (Cover dated Feb. 1954; on sale December 1, 1953).
George Baker continued to intermittently illustrate covers through 1958 after which he sold his interest† to Harvey Publications; retaining royalties and an agreement requiring facsimiles of his signature plus Sad Sack thumbnail sketches as 'postage stamps' affixed to Sad Sack-titled comics.

*Bails, Jerry G, and Hames Ware, editors. The Who's Who of American Comic Books, v3. 1st ed. Detroit, MI: J. Bails, 1975 p. 220.

†Mike Kelley. Minor histories: Statements, Conversations, Proposals, The MIT Press, 2004 p.19 n.4.

Format

Publication Type: Comic Books

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: newsprint

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Sample Issue Image

Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#1	September 1949	36	28/19/1
#2	November 1949	36	32/21/1
#3	January 1950	36	36/23/1
#4	March 1950	36	40/24/1
#5	May 1950	36	38/23/1
#6	July 1950	36	39/24/1
#7	September 1950	36	11/8/1
#8	November 1950	36	30/26/1
#9	January 1951	36	31/27/1
#10	March 1951	36	0/0/0
#11	May 1951	36	17/12/1
#12	July 1951	36	18/13/1
#13	September 1951	36	15/11/1
#14	November 1951	36	18/15/1	2 Issue Images total
#15	January 1952	36	16/12/1
#16	March 1952	36	17/13/1	2 Issue Images total
#17	May 1952	36	18/13/1
#18	July 1952	36	12/9/1
#19	September 1952	36	17/14/1
#20	October 1952	36	16/14/1
#21	December 1952	36	16/13/1
#22	February 1953	36	17/14/1
#23	April 1953	36	12/10/1	2 Issue Images total
#24	June 1953	36	10/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#25	August 1953	36	14/9/1

Issue #

Publication Date

Pages

Content Items

Issue Images Count

September 1949

28/19/1